UGC-NET/SET Paper I Environment Practice Set-01

1) Continuous sewage flow into a stream would lead to___
A) Algal bloom
B) Eutrophication
C) Increase in temperature
D) Depletion of O2

2) Biosphere Reserves are also notified as___
A) Ecosystems
B) Woodlands
C) National Parks
D) Conservation

3) Who developed the 'hot spots concept'  in 1988? 
A) M. S. Swaminathan
B) P. K. Iyengar
C) Norman Myers
D) None of the above

4) A Biosphere Reserve consists of___
A) Core zone
B) Buffer zone
C) Transition zone
D) All of the above

5) Greenpeace is___
A) NGO
B) An inhibitory process
C) Government policy for speciation
D) None of the above

6) Grazing is an example of___
A) Positive pollution
B) Negative pollution
C) Gully erosion
D) All of the above

7) 'PAN's stands for___
A) Principal of Advanced Nations
B) Presume Additional Noise
C) Peroxy Acetyl Nitrate
D) None of the above

8) Which of the following is the most harmful pollutant? 
A) CH4
B) NO2
C) CO2
D) SO2

9) who first of all coined the term 'ecology'? 
A) Reiter
B) Haeckel
C) Odum
D) Clement

10) BOD test is made for measuring___
A) Air pollution
B) Soil pollution
C) Water pollution
D) All of the above

11) Which of the following is the basic unit of study in ecology? 
(A) Population
(B) Environment
(C) Biosphere
(D) Organisms

12) A population is a group of-
(A) Communities in an ecosystem
(B) Individuals in a family
(C) Species in a community
(D) Individuals in a species

13) Most interacting population are-
(A) Coevolved
(B) Mutualistic
(C) Parasitic
(D) Symbiotic

14) Acid deposition caused
(A) The greenhouse effect to lessen
(B) Lakes and forests to die
(C) Acid indigestion in humans
(D) All of the correct

15) Most agriculture makes use of plants front
(A) Early secondary sucession
(B) Late secondary sucession
(C) Early primary sucession
(D) Late primary sucession

16) The burning of fossil fuels includes
(A) Coal
(B) Oil
(C) Gas
(D) All of these

17) Noise pollution is created if noise is in excess to-
(A) 80-100 db
(B) 70-75 db
(C) 50-60 db
(D) 40-64 db

18) Cyanosis is caused by-
(A) Copper
(B) Chromium
(C) Nitrate concentration
(D) Carbon dioxide

19) Amphysema disease is caused by-
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Sulphur dioxide
(C) Mercury
(D) Photochemical smog

20) Loss of minerals on the hills is due to-
(A) Strip mining
(B) Terracing
(C) Soil erosion by water
(D) Contour-Strip cropping

21) The process of laterization results info
(A) Mineralization of humus
(B) Degradation of soil
(C) Formation of soil
(D) Formation of humus

22) Lead(pb) cause
(A) Radioactive pollution
(B) Soil and water pollution
(C) Air pollution
(D) All of the above

23) Man-engineered ecosystem is-
(A) Marine
(B) Grassland
(C) Cropland
(D) Forest

24) The example of endothermic animal is-
(A) Man
(B) Frogs
(C) Snakes
(D) Both B and C

25) Eutrohpication means-
(A) Nutrient dissipated
(B) Forest containing acid rain
(C) Nutrient enrichment
(D) None of the above

Answer Key
1)   D
2)   C
3)   C
4)   D
5)   A
6)   B
7)   C
8)   D
9)   A
10) C
11) D
12) D
13) A
14) B
15) A
16) D
17) A
18) C
19) D
20) A
21) A
22) C
23) C
24) A
25) C

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